So I wanna read Discworld...

Read them in order so start with the first book, even if they aren't all connected that much, they still share the world and might have references to each other.

Color of Magic + Light Fantastic. Then see what further. But those two are Discworld.

Publishing order...

Just remember it does get better. Something like Guards! Guards! might be fine if you are doubting,,,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discworld#/media/File:Discworld_Reading_Order_Guide_3.0_(cropped).jpg

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My usual recommendation is either "Guards! Guards!" or "Pyramids". But I think everyone has their own preference on what to read first.
There are also a few film and tv adaptations of discworld books, though of varying quality. And also a few older games, though getting your hands on a copy (and getting it to run) may be a pain.

Play the games (why aren't they on steam or gog yet….?)

I have read them as I've run across them, in no particular order, and it was fine. Some are better than others. The ones that are better than the others are completely brilliant, and there are a wide spread of them for various tastes. The ones that are not better than others are still mostly brilliant, and are still fun to read. Enjoy!

As others have said, they are very thinly connected, but it's best to read them in order of release.
Reaper Man & Pyramids were two of my favourites

Reaper Man is one of my personal favorites.
There's also a few that are direct sequels to one another, but most are relatively stand-alone stories. (Well, except for the Tiffany Aching books, that's an interconnected sub-series)

Pick up one that looks good to you. If you love it, learn more about the series and make your own choice. You don't have to commit to anything. Just pick up a book and read. Have some fun!

And if you want to, give me spoilers about the book/series (or maybe lie). They get me more interested in reading them.

He dies at the end.

BTW, there are a few TV movies/mini-series that might interest you. The Colour of Magic and The Hogfather are the two that I saw. They were done by Sky1 and pretty good. That's what sorta got me into Discworld to begin with. It gives a taster of what the world of discworld is like. Of course, the books are more detailed.

The Colour of Magic is the first book in the series, and The Light Fantastic is the second. "The Colour of Magic" mini-series covers both of these books.

(On an unrelated note: I see you've read Mistborn. Definitely my favourite series before he started writing the Stormlight Archives, which is fantastic.)

A series I'm 'avoiding' for a while now - thanks for the reminder, can't give you a tip though - pretty much liked the movies as well.

Small Gods was my absolute favorite, but I started with Mort followed immediately by Reaper Man.

I read them in a pretty random order and although it is fine, I now don't know anymore which I have already read and which not

I too am just starting in the series, so, usefull topic, thnx. I read the long earth the long war and the long mars (also terry pratchett). Have you read those? There are some realy well made audiobooks of the discworld books. I am currently listening to the color of magic. Sometimes audiobooks ruin the experience, however these are quite well made.

Watch out for the Thief of Time.

That's the only book I have ever read where even I had to give up trying to figure out where the story was going after a certain point.

I'm just gonna recommend my favourite, which works as a standalone: Small Gods. It's a great introduction to Pratchett's voice, and it gives you worldbuilding without the need to recognize any characters from previous novels.

I'd say start with Guards Guards, or Small Gods, since most of the Rincewind books are pretty rough around the edges.

Or just pick the first one in a subseries that seems like it interests you and read those in order.

I started with Going Postal, though.

as far as i remember them, haven't read the older books for a long time, the best start would be Mort for the introduction of the only character that appears in every (can't think of one where he doesn't have at least a WORD) book followed by either small gods or colors of magic

btw tiffany is part of the death arc so you should'nt read tiffany before death stuff

I don't recommend reading them in the published order..

When I was reading them, I found the Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic fairly hard going.. But once I'd become more familiar with the world (I think it was after Wyrd Sisters or Pyramids), I went back and re read them, and they made more sense.

The Rincewind books are a lot more enjoyable if you have played anything D&D related and read older fantasy pulp (Dragonriders, Conan, that kind of shit).

I don't see HOGFATHER on that list.

Funny how I recently heard Discworld from a Streamer and saw a little of playing the title when he started a CDrom-arathon. What coincidence! Cheers~

If you are unsure, just read them in published order.

Like with many large series, you will find elements in early books that will be contradicted in later ones, but after a dozen or so novels, the world will eventually turn into a cohesive one.

If you really want one sub-series, then Rincewind is probably the most newcomer compatible. All sub-series have different themes though (Rincewind is adventure where the early books are straight-up sword & sorcery parodies, City Watch is police drama, Lipwig is heist thriller, Witches are fairy tale deconstruction and psychology, Death/Susan is sociology through high mythology).